Improvement in butter-printers



didnt State been este WILLAM o. STEEN AND JAMES W. ROBINSON, or `LONDONGROVE,

PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 109,070, dated November 8, v1870.

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enable others skilled ,in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in machines forprinting butter int-he process of preparing it for market; and

The invention consists in a Ysectional moldcou struoted and operating asdescribed, and in the construction and arrangement of parts connectedtherewith, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

`In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 represents a sectional elevationof the machine. y

Figure 2 is a viewcf the sectional mold, det-ached, and represented asopen. v i

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is a bench, ot' suitable size and height, to which is attached thefnnneleshaped receptacle for-the mold, marked B.

Thisy funnel may he made 'oi' either metal, wood, or other suitablematerial.r

G is the mold, which is formed of a bottom, D, and four, more or less,sections, E, which are Ahinged to the bottom, as seen in the drawing.

When these sections E, with the bottom, are placed inside of the funnelB, they close together and form a tight mold. d

The lower portion ot' the stave's are made to conform tothe diameter andshape of the funnel.

Above' the funnel the sides project` and are vertical, as represented indotted lines, but`the sections are so proportioned as to form, when inthe funnel, a tight vessel or mold for receiving` the butter.

F is a rod, attached to the bottom of the mold, and, extending downthrough the bench, is connected with -the bar G.

H is the print-die, on the lower end of the bar I.

This bar is supportedv by the cross-pieces J and K, which connect thetwo stands L and M on the bench A.v

The printbar I is given a vertical motion 'through cross-pieccs J K bymeans of the lever N.

The fulerum of this lever is at the point .O on the cross-piece K, andits short end is connected with the printbar I by the rod P. y

R is a bell-crank, connected withv the stand L by a bracket. One end ofthe bell-crank has a projecting hook, S, which receives the lever whenthe latter is depressed for raising the print-die, as seen in thedrawing.

.Lhe other end of the 4bell-crank is connected with the bar G by the rodT.

-As seen in the drawing, the machine is ready for the removal of theprint of butter.

lT he die has been raised, and the mold has been forced up till itsbottom is on a level with the top of the funnel.

-In this positionthe sections E fall to nearly a horizontal position bytheir own gravity, as seen in the drawing; 7

This position of the mold is secured by forcing the lever Ndown, andwith it the hell-crank hook S, as seen, which throws up the other arm ofthe bell-crank, and thereby forces the mold'from the funnel.

Then the lever is raised to the position seen 'in dotted lines the moldis returned to the funnel, but the die is still held in a centralposition directly over When in this position the butter to be printed isplaced in the mold, and the lever is brought over to a nearly horizontalposition, as seen in dotted lines on the right hand of the drawing,thereby torcing down the die and pressing the butter into the mold, andleaving its impression on the top of the butter.

vFrom this position the lever is thrown back to the opposite side,thereby raising the die, and forcing lip the mold ready to 4remove 'thebutter, as first described.

U is a projection on the stand M, which acts as a stop when the lever isthrown over to the right for making the impression.

Having thus described our invention,

We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A mold forprinting butter, made in sections, so as to'clese up to receive thebutter, and open or spread and leave the butter, by means of anysuitable mechanism, substantially as described.

. 2. The funnel B, in combination with the mold C, and operatingmechanism, substantially as described.

.VILLIAM G. STERN.

JAMES W". ROBINSON.

Witnesses:

ENooH L.' HABLAN, BENNETjr S. WALroN.

